Patents Assigned to Kohler Co.
  • Patent number: 12293648
    Abstract: An apparatus for tracking hand hygiene in a bathroom includes at least a radio and a controller. The radio is configured to receive a direct connection probe from a mobile device. The controller is configured to receive sensor data associated with hand hygiene and match the sensor data associated with hand hygiene with an identifier for the mobile device based on the direction connection probe to determine whether a hand hygiene threshold is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Sudhi R. Sinha, Orkun Onur, Andrew Baines
  • Patent number: 12290193
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system includes a cabinet and an apparatus. The cabinet includes a cabinet housing, a door coupled to the cabinet housing to form a cabinet storage compartment, and a support member mounted in the cabinet storage compartment, the support member having a front surface having a first mounting element. The apparatus has a second mounting element and a locking element. The locking element is alterable between: (1) an unlocked state in which the second mounting element of the apparatus can be coupled and decoupled from the first mounting element of the support member of the cabinet; and (2) a locked state in which the second mounting element of the apparatus is prohibited from being decoupled from the first mounting element of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Robern, Inc., Kohler Co.
    Inventors: James L. Stanley, Jr., Howard Katz, Marwan Estiban, James A. DeHope, Travis Andren
  • Patent number: 12285771
    Abstract: A spray head includes a front cover, a spray plate, and an actuator. The front cover includes a plurality of exit openings. The spray plate is oriented substantially parallel to the front cover. The spray plate includes a pin that is aligned with at least one exit opening of the plurality of exit openings. The pin is configured to selectively engage with the at least one exit opening to control a flow of water through the at least one exit opening. The actuator is coupled to the spray plate and is configured to reposition the spray plate relative to the front cover based on user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Chanseol Muraoka
  • Patent number: 12281714
    Abstract: A faucet includes a valve cartridge configured to control a flow of water and a structure that supports the valve cartridge. The structure includes a mount having a concave portion and a smooth portion positioned adjacent to the concave portion. The structure includes a lock plate that detachably couples to the mount, in which the lock plate has a convex portion. The convex portion of the lock plate interfaces with the concave portion of the mount in a first rotational position to secure the lock plate relative to the mount. The lock plate slides along the smooth portion in a second rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventor: Perry Erickson
  • Patent number: 12281467
    Abstract: A lavatory includes a basin including a bottom surface, the basin configured to hold a volume of water; and a drain opening disposed in the bottom surface of the basin. The bottom surface of the basin includes a substantially horizontally extending projection formed integrally with the bottom surface of the basin. The horizontally extending projection is disposed over the drain opening such that the drain opening is at least partially obscured from a view of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Cristian Mastellotto
  • Publication number: 20250122939
    Abstract: A tub and shower diverter assembly includes a manifold sub-assembly configured to be detachably coupled to, and in fluid communication with, an existing waterway connector of a conventional tub and shower diverter system. The manifold sub-assembly includes a manifold, a flow control valve coupled to the manifold, and a tolerance adjuster. The flow control valve is configured to provide a flow of water to a tub or a shower device. The tolerance adjustor is coupled to the flow control valve and is configured to be selectively adjusted to change an axial position of the tolerance adjustor relative to a wall adjacent the manifold sub-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Tucker Jones, Brian Mooren, Evan Yee, Gregory R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12274402
    Abstract: A toilet includes a base, a cover, and a seat. The seat is rotatably coupled to the base, and the cover is rotatably coupled to the seat. The cover and the seat define an angled axis that is oriented upward and forward toward a front end of the base. The cover and the seat are each configured to rotate about the angled axis between a lowered position in which the cover and the seat are located adjacent the base and a stowed position in which the cover and the seat are oriented in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Chanseol Chung, Karger D. Kohler, Daniel N. Halloran, Jeffrey T. Laundre, Keith E. Muellenbach, Jennifer Tarplee, Craig Loest
  • Publication number: 20250119673
    Abstract: A showerhead assembly includes a waterway assembly and a wireless speaker configured to be removably coupled to the waterway assembly. The waterway assembly includes a back plate and a face plate coupled to the back plate. The back plate includes an inlet. The face plate is coupled to the back plate and defines a plurality of outlets. The face plate also defines a through-hole that extends through the waterway assembly. The wireless speaker is configured to be disposed within the through-hole when coupled to the waterway assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Zhiyu Liu, Rafael Rexach
  • Publication number: 20250116351
    Abstract: A process includes inserting a valve cartridge in a fitting, the valve cartridge comprising a valve stem. The process also includes after inserting the valve cartridge in the fitting, coupling a collar to the fitting such that the collar extends around the valve stem. The process also includes aligning the valve stem with an engagement crown of a handle such that an opening of the handle is located over the collar. The process also includes press fitting the valve stem into the engagement crown while pressing the handle towards the collar and such that the valve stem is rotatably coupled to the handle through the engagement crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Brian J. Mooren, Andrew J. Rieth
  • Publication number: 20250116104
    Abstract: A drain installation assembly includes a drain body and a drain coupling. The drain coupling is configured to be inserted into a drain opening of a wash basin from a top side of the wash basin. The drain coupling comprises a first coupling end and a second coupling end, the second coupling end positioned opposite to the first coupling end. The drain coupling further includes a squeeze portion positioned between the first coupling end and the second coupling end, the squeeze portion formed of a flexible material. The drain body comprises a body flange extending radially away from the drain body. The squeeze portion is configured to deform, so as to define a squeeze bulge when the drain coupling is coupled to the drain body, the squeeze bulge having a diameter greater than a diameter of the drain opening of the wash basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Kenneth Stout
  • Publication number: 20250114271
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed towards an ultrasonic showering device. The ultrasonic showering device includes a head portion including a plurality of nozzles that dispense a fluid, a movement component that detects movement of the head portion, and an ultrasonic transducer that generates and transmits ultrasonic energy. The ultrasonic showering device includes a handle portion including a controller that operates the ultrasonic transducer based on the movement component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Ariana Smies, Jason Kwacz
  • Patent number: D1070008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventor: Feiying Su
  • Patent number: D1070041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Carlos Uceda, Liu Ming-Chieh
  • Patent number: D1071112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Laundre, Erich Slothower
  • Patent number: D1072200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Drew Johnson
  • Patent number: D1072205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Tory L. Hayner, Gregory de Swarte, Drew Johnson
  • Patent number: D1073028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Diego Alejandro Cuervo Ayala
  • Patent number: D1073161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Erin Hoover, Coralee S. Sandee, Seth Stevens, Dennis Snyder
  • Patent number: D1073443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventor: Ferran Serra Sola
  • Patent number: D1073864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Gregory De Swarte, Anna-Pia K. Slothower, Drew Johnson